Below left: Rwandan President Paul Kagame being welcomed to the anniversary celebrations by his prime minister, Bernard Makuza. Right: The national dance troupe entertained with traditional dances


principles: the centrality of capacity to the development process in Africa; the critical role of a partnership approach in addressing capacity problems; African ownership and leadership of capacity de- velopment processes; and a systematic and coordinated method to the capacity development approach. Te Foundation’s membership cur-


rently stands at 47, made up of 43 African and non-African countries, and three major sponsoring agencies – the


African Development Bank, the UNDP and the World Bank – as well as the IMF which joined in April 2002. Te African Union is an honorary member. With headquarters in the Zimbabwean


capital, Harare, the ACBF’s portfolio com- prises 238 programmes and projects in 44 African countries since its inception. Its total funding commitment is valued at over $350m. Dr Frannie Lautier, a pleasant Tanzanian ex-World Bank vice-president, is the current executive secretary of the


Foundation. So, in Kigali on 8-9 Feb- ruary, the ACBF got down to business, celebrating 20 years of hard work and achievement, under the theme: “Te fu- ture of Africa is now – the critical role of capacity development”. Te celebration was held in conjunction with the Rwandan government, a major beneficiary of some of the ACBF’s projects, past and present. So what is capacity building? The


ACBF defines it as: “Te ability of peo- ple, organisations, and society as a whole


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